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Proton radiotherapy accelerators

Title
Proton radiotherapy accelerators / Wioletta Wieszczycka, Waldemar H. Scharf.
Author
Wieszczycka, Wioletta.
Publication
[River Edge], New Jersey : World Scientific, [2001], ©2001.

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Scharf, Waldemar.
Description
xvii, 323 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Physical and Radiobiological Properties of Hadrons -- Ch. 3. Status of Clinical Research in Protontherapy -- Ch. 4. Hadrontherapy Facilities World-Wide -- Ch. 5. Requirements for Hadrontherapy Centers -- Ch. 6. Protontherapy Accelerators -- Ch. 7. Beam Transport and Delivery Systems -- Ch. 8. Proton Gantries -- Ch. 9. Radiation Detectors -- Ch. 10. Treatment Ancillary Facilities -- Ch. 11. Control System of the Protontherapy Center -- Ch. 12. Shielding for Proton Facility -- Ch. 13. Global Costs and Financial Analysis of the Activities of the Proton Center -- Ch. 14. Proposal of a Dedicated Protontherapy Facility.
ISBN
9810245289
OCLC
  • ocm48632923
  • SCSB-4217360
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries